Pruning implement.



K; TSUBOI.

PBUNING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 9, 1913.

Patented Sept. 1, 191i WITNESSES:

I I Certain new s/ d, n .Pruni ngilm l provelnents; in] that type'rjfoipmning deYiees in [which the ghladgiii al'e coiiperatively ,-s'o

shearing andiiny said: in;

ant I oni p fbr its 'hbject to proeJa; '1 e implement' ofgzthe generalwe an mim are memb rs ahd'E-fthe 1 497 1;;fa'perspective'lview ofmyinven in the use ofithexshear" M g" qr chpppipg the hifchd perspedh"'ve of sm i i mb s1 n pn inf mp em I -a;ndthey eonsti tute-thehundleorlever memt'is' g al. -'wi h h nd1 "memiand-"projects' ateralltherefrom; in;

iaiidbqdy 11; is dearlyjshown in- Fig; 4.

d; Ga a, ,r mreacutting; 151mammn 1 njngffimplementf which If I v vbeyond the 2 and e cutter;

f "end-"0f the; said'lhead. The hand leiineniber L 1 [is meuntedfiona-pi vot stud ii projected from a lateral extension'fi integr'al" withthe bedy 0r handle? member 2. Theftwojhitfidle members 1- 2 arenormallyspread :i-p ii't by a helical spring 6;1'ocated between the'eurtved L pofitions' 10 -2O ofthe handles. 1+2; each off- ,whi eh has astud beax ing -7 upon the opposite ends .of thel spri'ng 6- se'ati '8designates alptch leventh'at is -tpiyetally; mounted on the l'o'werehdjef the; memher. 1 and nermallyheld toplejeet 'laterally from themember-'1" by a spring'; 9 that en'- gages the heel [8O of the. .littch,the*-1i1,tte1': having a rounded lip .81 for slipping ever andinterlocking with thelower' endef the handle memberf2ivh'n' the twohandlfes, are

.11'2 "designates themovab l e cutterhead; the

onsti'uction ef -{which is best shown iii Fig.

acts with thecencaved cutting edge? of the relatively fixedlyheldeutteiif cutter-21:2 also I l -includes-"a"stfa'ight dge' tl vais?beveled w 5- form a backbrii hopping blade 14,- -whih may cbnveniently-utilizd for chopping-1 off or hacking; spr'ig's; j small -1i mbs,etc.,f when the implement' i's held cf lbsed; as shown Fig.3;

17, The iciittjr head' 12 has arearward1y eiltended heelm'embeh 1 8"formed with a clh-ved bearing'edge; IQEOr engaging a1 roller stud.

inward movement Offthe cutter headearries few: 1d (Fig-- 4) andlifidoin'g'so, causes the heel ofthesaid pivoted-cutter to engage a,

shoulder; 23 ou the handle ,membel" 2', it

thereby-moves the sheeting" blade of the put "ter ,12'awey-fr0m'theshearingbla de onfthe ethermember l," it being :ObiiQtXSf thatin ienfa pivotibqlt 15 that passes-through. the

1 head 12" and'the handle member 1, 1 it being ;he1d"fsecure=by ft henut 16," which, in

,tice, .is held frem'turni'ng' by a lo'ckspfing ssi . j "handle membersare" opened or closed; means Y between said -handlemembers continuously5 i and projectingfllaterally therefrom, a second cutterhead'pivoted to'saidffirst handle mem:

.ber adjacent to'sa'id mentioned cutter-- head, said second cutterheadh'aving-alaterally projecting heel providedwith a cam I surface,'said second handlememben'having laterally projecting earspivoted'tosaid first handle member, means on said second hans dle memberto cooperate with .said cam ,sur-

face to open and close said cutters as said handle members are opened orclosed, means between said handle member's-continuously tending to,openthe same, said movable cuttingmember having two cutting edges one tocooperate with said fixed cutting member and the" other cutting edgebeing located opposite to said first mentioned cutting edge,

vand means for holding said handle members closed together whereby saidcutter heads maybe maintained with their cuttin edges closed,substantiallyas shown and or the purposes described. 1 v. 1 v

I I KA YOZI TSUBOI. Witnesses: 1

W .l J. MAKELIM', IifS. Amus'rnozm;

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